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LNG: economics, technologies, solutions

15 -17 September 2025.
St Petersburg, Airportcity Plaza Hotel
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The only industry event in Russia fully dedicated to discussing technologies, equipment, management and investment solutions for the domestic LNG production and consumption industry.

More than 400 specialists from regional enterprises of chemical industry and related industries gather here annually to exchange experience and best practices.

The event is designed to accelerate the development of the domestic market for liquefied natural gas.

The main objective is to fully contribute to the growth of LNG production, increase the availability of the energy resource and improve the efficiency of its consumption.

The forum is focused on solving practical issues, searching for business ideas, and attracting investments.

The main topics include LNG production, localisation, transportation and storage, government support for the LNG industry, and attracting private investment.

In 2025, special attention will be paid to discussing issues on the international agenda.

The forum participants will discuss how to increase LNG exports and the distribution of Russian technologies, equipment and materials.

Status and prospects of the Russian LNG market

LNG production is one of the fastest growing and most investment-attractive industries in Russia.

Expanding the use of natural gas as one of the most environmentally friendly fuels is becoming highly demanded at this stage. Russia, for its part, intends to continue uninterrupted supplies of this raw material, including LNG, to world markets, improve the relevant infrastructure, and increase investments in the gas sector.

В. V. Putin,
President of the Russian Federation

Russian LNG projects

Among the forum participants:

Format of the event

In addition to the forum's business programme consisting of speakers and discussion of key industry topics, the event includes an exhibition and a technical visit to one of the operating enterprises.

The LNG: Economics, Technologies, Solutions Forum is the country's main platform for discussing topical issues related to the development of the liquefied natural gas industry in Russia and worldwide.

The programme consists of thematic sessions and roundtables, each dedicated to a topic of importance for LNG market players.

  • 6 thematic sessions
  • 2 round tables
  • up-to-date information and forecast of market dynamics
  • direct dialogue with the heads of leading companies in the industry
  • Over 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and at the evening reception.
  • focus on the international agenda - delegations of representatives of BRICS countries

Exhibition of domestic and foreign LNG equipment and technologies.

The indoor exhibition part of the Forum "LNG: Economics, Technologies, Solutions" demonstrates the latest achievements in the field of technologies and equipment for the production and use of liquefied natural gas.

  • Russian and foreign companies are represented by decision makers.
  • Key suppliers of LNG equipment and services.
  • Presentations of current technologies and cutting-edge innovations.
  • Technological solutions adapted for the Russian LNG market.

The street part of the exhibition of the International Forum "LNG: Economy, Technologies, Solutions" will feature the most popular and exclusive models of vehicles using natural gas as fuel, as well as working samples of natural gas storage and transportation equipment.

A unique opportunity to see and test trucks, cars, passenger vehicles presented in Moscow, Izhevsk, Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod - in one place.

Long-haul trucks

  • SAIC Hongyan 4×2 LNG long-haul truck
  • Off-road truck, the only one in Russia - SAIC Hongyan 6×6 LNG truck
  • Sitrak C7H long-haul truck
  • Long-haul truck FAW J7 LNG
  • Long-haul truck, new brand in Russia CHENGLONG 4x2 CNG

Buses

  • Yutong ZK LNG passenger bus
  • GAZ Group buses
  • Bi-fuel Kamaz (using natural gas and diesel fuel)

LNG equipment

  • Gas storage and transport tanks on chassis (Turkey)
  • Gas storage and transportation tanks on chassis (Russia)
  • Mobile fuelling station (Russia)
  • Russian-designed compressor for CNG filling stations

Technical visits of the LNG Forum "LNG: Economics, Technologies, Solutions"

A unique opportunity for participants to visit industry sites and learn from the experience of enterprises in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

Information will be available at a later date. Stay tuned for more updates!

A cruise on the motor ship "Chaika" is an opportunity to hold negotiations and combine networking with panoramic views of St. Petersburg.

The motor ship "Chaika" is the only pleasure vessel in Russia that uses liquefied natural gas as fuel. Ecology and quietness of movement guarantee top-class comfort. The largest open deck in St. Petersburg.

  • bay walk
  • boat tour
  • buffet and informal networking

In the programme of the event

15:15 - 17:00

Session No. 1 (plenary)

Domestic LNG market in Russia: key challenges, achievements and forecasts

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

Main topics

  • news and key aspects of LNG industry development in Russia in 2024-2025
  • programme documents for the development of the industry
  • the place of the LNG industry in the Energy Strategy of the Russian Federation
  • Large- and medium-capacity LNG production projects in Russia
  • projects on the use of LNG as an alternative energy carrier

The following are invited to participate

Session No. 2

Small tonnage LNG production in the Russian Federation: Experience and prospects of LNG production and utilisation in Russian regions. Project development models

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

Main topics

  • Regional experience in LNG project implementation
  • Main markets for low-tonnage LNG
  • companies implementing LNG projects, key strategies and achievements;
  • Structural solutions of SMEH projects: the problem of efficiency and major risks;
  • the main technological solutions of the ISGC;
  • financing of MSBG projects: cost, accessibility, profitability.

The following are invited to participate

  • LNG InvestProject LLC
  • LLC LNG Project Engineering
  • LLC Aurora LNG
  • LNG LTD.
  • OOO Gazprom helium service
  • LLC Sibir-Energo
  • OOO Cryogas-Vysotsk
  • JSC Cryogas
  • OOO Gazprom LNG Technologies
  • Representatives of the relevant authorities of the Republic of Ingushetia, Republic of Dagestan, Stavropol Territory, Moscow Region, Leningrad Region, Zabaikalsky Territory

15:15 - 17:00

Session No. 3

LNG industry under sanctions pressure - impact on project implementation. Legal aspects of companies' activities. State support

Main topics

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

  • the scope, content and impact of sanctions restrictions;
  • LNG pricing in domestic and foreign markets: basic principles, dynamics, constraints and development forecasts;
  • government regulation and support measures for the industry;
  • legislative restrictions, monopolies, FEZs and special territories in the Russian Federation;
  • import substitution: dynamics, main problems, forecasts;
  • The potential for public and private financing (PPP) for the LNG industry.

The following are invited to participate

  • Implementsa Ltd.
  • OMT Consulting
  • AO Gazprom Export
  • Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo LLC
  • JSC SPIMEX
  • Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
  • Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
  • Representatives of FEZ "LOTOS" (Astrakhan Oblast)
  • Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
  • VEB.RF
  • JSC Gazprombank
  • JSC VTB Bank
  • APR RF
  • RUSSIAN PFR

Round table

Main barriers and necessary conditions for the formation of sustainable demand for CNG/LNG

Main topics

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

  • peculiarities of GMT market development in the regions;
  • problems of development of the fleet of trucks, municipal vehicles and public transport on CNG/LNG;
  • prospects for the development of marine, river and railway LNG transport in the Russian Federation;
  • LNG's potential in off-grid gasification.

The following are invited to participate

  • PJSC NOVATEK
  • PJSC ROSNEFT
  • PJSC KAMAZ
  • Gazprom Neft Marina Bunker LLC
  • PJSC GAZPROM
  • Russian Gas Society
  • Association "Arkhangelsk Oblast Shipbuilding and Marine Equipment Manufacturing Cluster"
  • OOO NOVATEK LNG fuel
  • Filling station management LLC
  • Donmetan LLC
Valery Samsonovich Petrosyan

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Open Environmental University, Chairman of the Environmental Council under the Moscow City Government, Dr. Chem.

Alexey Vitalievich Dakhnovsky

Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in the People's Republic of China

14:15 - 15:15

18:00 - 22:00

A ride on the Seagull

The first and the only ship in the Russian Federation fuelled by liquefied natural gas. The largest open deck in St. Petersburg!

  • gull excursion
  • buffet
  • networking
  • river and boat trip

13:15 - 14:15

15:15 - 17:00

Strategy Session No. 4

World LNG Markets: Key Trends, Forecasts and Potential for the Russian Federation

Main topics

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

  • key news, trends 2024-2025.
  • LNG forecasts and prospects in the energy mixes of the world's major economies
  • AI, innovation and technological breakthroughs;
  • peculiarities of local market development: key and new importers, development of regional commodity exchanges, new benchmarks, prospects for new gas hubs;
  • environmental factor: methane emissions from LNG projects;
  • the potential of the BRICS countries and opportunities for Russian companies in these regional markets

The following are invited to participate

  • Analytical Centre for Fuel and Energy Complex
  • representatives of the BRICS countries
  • Eurasian Economic Commission
  • IES Engineering and Consulting LLC
  • Country Forum
    of gas exporters (FSEG)

Round table

LNG export potential of the Russian Federation

Main topics

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

  • the problem of non-market competition and geopolitical challenges;
  • world fleet: trends and rates of gas carrier fleet development, "shadow" fleet;
  • optimisation and reorientation of logistics, Northern Sea Route;
  • problems of financing and insurance of export operations

The following are invited to participate

  • LNG.Expert
  • representatives of the BRICS countries
  • Russian e-School
  • Association "Arkhangelsk Oblast Shipbuilding and Marine Equipment Manufacturing Cluster"
  • "Association of Polar Explorers"
Valery Samsonovich Petrosyan

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Open Environmental University, Chairman of the Environmental Council under the Moscow City Government, Dr. Chem.

Alexey Vitalievich Dakhnovsky

Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in the People's Republic of China

15:15 - 17:00

Session No. 5

LNG production, transport, storage and utilisation technologies. Production of equipment, materials, components

Main topics

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

  • best available technology
  • state-of-the-art equipment, materials and competitive technological solutions;
  • ISGP projects to utilise gas from depleted fields and remote areas;
  • technologies for CCUS projects;
  • potential for expanding the presence of Russian companies in the markets of SEA, Africa, the Middle East and BRICS countries.

The following are invited to participate

  • PJSC Cryogenmash
  • OOO NPK NTL
  • Zhongtai Cryogenic Technology
  • OOO NPK Shelf
  • LLC Aurora Gas
  • LLC Aurora LNG
  • Bunter Group Ltd.
  • LLC Arkhangelsk LNG
  • PJSC Gazprom
  • JSC Cryogas
  • PJSC Rosneft
  • PJSC Novatek
  • OOO GAZPROM VNIIGAZ
  • URALKRIOMASH OOO
  • LLC Krasnodar Compressor Plant

Session No. 6

LNG logistics: key features and solutions for LNG transportation, storage and distribution

Main topics

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

  • peculiarities of LNG equipment delivery
  • LNG logistics for off-grid gasification;
  • gas carrier projects;
  • LNG storage systems;
  • the best technological solutions;
  • safety issues, standardisation;
  • Risks and technical limitations

The following are invited to participate

  • LLC Eurasia LNG
  • Gazprom Neft Marine Bunker LLC
  • CNIIMF
  • LLC LNG-Logistics
  • Fesco
  • RUSSIAN RAILWAYS
  • JSC Transmashholding
  • JSC Uralvagonzavod
  • Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation
  • MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • JSC Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation

14:15 - 15:15

18:00 - 22:00

Round table

Training of professional staff for the LNG industry

Main topics

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

  • Current solutions to the problem of training in the LNG market
  • main areas of R&D
  • R&D support measures

The following are invited to participate

  • Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas,
  • St. Petersburg Polytechnic University,
  • Kazan University,
  • Irkutsk University
Valery Samsonovich Petrosyan

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Open Environmental University, Chairman of the Environmental Council under the Moscow City Government, Dr. Chem.

Alexey Vitalievich Dakhnovsky

Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in the People's Republic of China

Technology visit

Technological visit to the enterprise (to be specified)

Joint excursion to a company operating in the LNG market

Moderator:

Г. Yu. Soldatov

General Director of ADITIM LLC

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  • excursion, negotiations with LPR of the plant;
  • nourishment

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The forum brings together a wide range of participants representing various sectors of the LNG industry.

34%

top managers and owners of LNG plants

16%

logistics companies and consumers

14%

government leaders

12%

top management of plants producing cryogenic equipment

10%

foreign manufacturers and suppliers

10%

investors in LNG projects

2%

owners or operators of gas fields

2%

other

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  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
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  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
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You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
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You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
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You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
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You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
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You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
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You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
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You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
Close

You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
Close

You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
Close

You get:

  • A ready-made solution for the operation of your business
  • Expansion of client base, negotiations at the LPR level
  • Accelerating market entry and gaining market share
  • Loyalty of existing customers and attraction of new customers
  • Direct contact with the head of the client company
  • Confidence of CA in the company's products and services
  • Saved time and money by learning from the experience of colleagues
  • Opportunity to combine a visit to a status forum and operating enterprises
  • Pleasant emotions from attending an effective business event
  • More than 10 hours of informal networking during coffee breaks and evening receptions
  • Benefit from fuel substitution with LNG
  • Negotiations with potential investors
  • Expert opinion on your project and its market relevance
  • Deciding where, how and at what price to buy gas
  • Raising the status within the LNG industry
  • Possibility of obtaining additional resources for development
  • And much more
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International Forum-Exhibition "LNG: Economy. Technologies. Solutions" will be held in St. Petersburg, at the Airportcity Plaza Hotel, 6 Startovaya Street, St. Petersburg.

The hotel is located in the Moskovsky district of St. Petersburg and has infrastructural advantages: a developed network of motorways - Pulkovskoe Highway, Western High Speed Diameter and Ring Road are in close proximity, spacious car parks will help if you travel by private car, shopping malls Leto, Mascale, bowling centre, cinema and supermarkets are located within walking distance.

Benefits of the hotel:

  • Free WiFi
  • 24-hour restaurant room service
  • Accommodation with a pet
  • Free car parking
  • Concierge services
  • 24-hour ATM
  • Dry cleaning and laundry 24 hours
  • Conference facilities

More about the hotel

All LNG segments are actively developing in north-west Russia.

The city of St. Petersburg has become a leading national centre for the development of NGV transport, where more than 3,000 public transport units provide passenger and freight transportation.

In addition, the region has significant potential for further development. Consumers, producers, logistics and other structures serving the industry are represented in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

Using the example of LNG projects in the Leningrad Region, we demonstrate the culture of LNG production, thus solving environmental, logistical and other problems of the industry.

International Forum-Exhibition "LNG: Economy. Technologies. Solutions" will be held in an offline format for maximum immersion in the forum issues and effective communication within the industry.

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